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. 2021 May 25;10(6):1061. doi: 10.3390/plants10061061

Table 2.

Essential oil composition of three samples of anise fennel (Agastache foeniculum) cultivated in south Alabama.

RIcalc RIdb Compound Percent Composition
#1 #2 #3
924 927 α-Thujene tr tr ---
932 933 α-Pinene tr tr tr
963 964 Benzaldehyde tr 0.1 0.1
971 972 Sabinene tr tr tr
971 974 Hexanoic acid --- --- tr
975 974 1-Octen-3-ol 0.3 0.7 0.6
983 984 3-Octanone 0.1 0.2 0.2
987 989 Myrcene 0.1 0.1 tr
1016 1018 α-Terpinene 0.1 --- ---
1024 1024 p-Cymene 0.6 tr ---
1028 1030 Limonene 1.5 4.9 2.9
1030 1033 Benzyl alcohol --- 0.1 0.1
1030 1031 β-Phellandrene tr tr tr
1032 1032 1,8-Cineole tr --- ---
1057 1057 γ-Terpinene 0.1 --- ---
1066 1068 Acetophenone tr --- ---
1069 1069 cis-Sabinene hydrate tr --- ---
1097 1099 Linalool 0.1 tr tr
1104 1107 1-Octen-3-yl acetate 0.1 0.2 0.1
1198 1197 Methyl chavicol (=Estragole) 93.2 88.4 91.5
1213 1217 Coumaran --- tr tr
1248 1250 Chavicol 0.1 0.2 0.3
1282 1285 (E)-Anethole --- tr tr
1287 1289 Thymol 0.9 0.1 0.1
1295 1296 Carvacrol 0.1 tr tr
1309 1309 4-Vinylguaiacol --- tr tr
1333 1334 Bicycloelemene --- tr tr
1355 1356 Eugenol 0.1 0.1 0.2
1362 1362 Chavibetol 0.7 2.3 0.7
1379 1379 (E)-β-Damascenone --- tr tr
1384 1382 β-Bourbonene --- tr tr
1390 1390 trans-β-Elemene --- tr tr
1392 1392 (Z)-Jasmone --- tr 0.1
1401 1403 Methyl eugenol tr 0.1 tr
1417 1417 (E)-β-Caryophyllene 1.2 1.6 1.9
1452 1453 α-Humulene tr 0.1 0.1
1475 1475 γ-Muurolene --- tr tr
1478 1481 (E)-β-Ionone --- tr tr
1481 1483 Germacrene D 0.2 0.3 0.2
1487 1487 β-Selinene --- tr ---
1491 1491 Viridiflorene --- tr tr
1496 1497 Bicyclogermacrene 0.4 0.4 0.6
1504 1503 (E,E)-α-Farnesene --- tr tr
1513 1512 γ-Cadinene --- tr tr
1518 1518 δ-Cadinene tr 0.1 0.1
1575 1574 Germacrene D-4-ol 0.1 0.1 0.2
1576 1577 Caryophyllene oxide --- tr tr
1585 1590 Globulol --- tr tr
1593 1594 Viridiflorol --- tr tr
1641 1643 τ-Cadinol --- tr tr
1641 1644 α-Muurolol (=δ-Cadinol) --- --- tr
1643 1644 τ-Muurolol --- tr tr
1656 1655 α-Cadinol 0.1 0.1 0.1
Monoterpene hydrocarbons 2.4 4.9 2.9
Oxygenated monoterpenoids 1.0 0.1 0.1
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 1.8 2.5 2.8
Oxygenated sesquiterpenoids 0.2 0.2 0.3
Benzenoid aromatics 94.1 91.3 92.9
Others 0.5 1.0 0.9
Total identified 100.0 100.0 100.0
Compound Enantiomeric Distribution (+):(-)
#1 #2 #3
Sabinene --- 100:0 100:0
1-Octen-3-ol 0:100 0:100 0:100
Limonene 98.2:1.8 98.3:1.7 98.3:1.7
β-Phellandrene 100:0 100:0 100:0
Linalool 29.3:70.7 29.5:70.5 21.3:78.7
trans-β-Elemene --- 60.4:39.6 57.9:42.1
(E)-β-Caryophyllene 100:0 100:0 100:0
Germacrene D 100:0 100:0 100:0
δ-Cadinene 0:100 0:100 0:100

RIcalc = retention indices calculated with respect to a homologous series of n-alkanes on a ZB-5 column. RIdb = retention indices from the databases [29,30,31,32]. tr = trace (<0.05%).